I watched this film for the first time when I was 7, and I loved it then. It remained one of my favourite films as I grow up. I'm now 16 and the film still makes me cry at the end. I know it's a "happy" ending, kind of, but I just cry every time without fail. Tell me I'm not crazy or sad please?
We don't need no education
And (sorry to go on about this) I find the bit where he sees Ginger and she's dead *sniff* isn't as sad as when he sees her and she hardly recognises him, that is so sad. It's essentially his girlfriend! And when he sees Joe but Joe doesn't buy him cos he doesn't recognise/see him. And at the end when he remembers Merry and Ginger, that's the worst bit. Ok I'll stop.
We don't need no education
Brother, You are not alone, Im 15 YEars old, My brother is 25 years old and he told me it was a damn sad movie, I watched it when i Was very young so I didnt remember it being sad at all. But I watched it a couple of months ago and I was on the verge of crying like a little baby. I didnt wanna be embarassed in front of everyone so I desperatley held my tears back. There were so many parts that just put me on the edge, especially the ending when the boy is whispering the words to his unrecognizable beaten up horse, "Its gonna be okay Beauty, Im here, Im Here,." Lord help me I almost fell to peices with emotion. So I just needed to let you know that you are definitely not alone.
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There's someone in my head...but it's not me
Oh man, I know, i saw 11 years ago and still at 23, cry (or at least get teary), in about four places. I love the two monlogues about how no one can take memories away. I'm getting chocked up just thinking about it.
shareHell yeah, I watched this when it came out in the cinema...Im 22 now and I till cry...I have ridden horses since I was 4 years old, I own 4 horses of my own and work as a riding instructor and am the co-manager of my ocal rescue centre. One of my horses was very badly mistreated and it took me almost a year to get his confidence in people back...
Horses are so dear to my heart that this film cuts me up every time I watch it. One part that has me in copious amounts of tears is when Merry Legs and Ginger dance, and the music....and almost every scene from when they leave Birtwick park... :(
I loved the book when I was growing up, I had 4 copies in 6 years because I would read them so often they would fall apart, and this version of the film has to be the most true to the book...
And of course it has the gorgeous Sean Bean in it! lol
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it makes me soooooooooooooooo sad you wouldn't believe... I was reading the messages and I just posted something in the "Old Yeller" msg board. I hate both movies.... I really do, seriously... I get so sad I feel like !"%$. Old Yeller was on cable today and I remembered how sad it made me when I was a child, and then I remembered this movie
shareIt's supposed to make you cry, dear. You're not crazy.
I'm about to see it for the first time. This film adaptation wasn't made until I was in my mid-20s and I never heard about until recently when I was looking for more of Sean's work. Given how much I've always loved the story, I was very pleased to see that a (relatively) recent film adaptation had been made. Sean's just icing on the cake!
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As the saying goes: "tears are for the soul what soap and water are for the body".:-)
"A real man would rather bow down to a strong woman than dominate a weak one"
Oh my god the bit where they dance is the worst bit! And the ending, which yes...is happy but no!!! It's also very very sad...I mean, he's never gonna see his two best friends again!
There's someone in my head...but it's not me
"I mean, he's never gonna see his two best friends again! "
I know!!! I actually bought one of my horses because she was the best friend of my other horse. Theyre both ex-racehorses and theyve been inseperable for years, and then Solars owner told me that she was going to sell her...I couldnt bear the thought that theyd get split up so I took another job, and scrimped and saved until I could afford her! I'll never sell any of my horses, ever...theyre my babies :D
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Awww that's so sweet! I always wanted a horse...
There's someone in my head...but it's not me
You're not insane, I'm 15 and still cry, I've loved it since I was little.
The saddest parts are when he meets Ginger, when he can't pull the grain carts, and the remembering parts. Definitely.
I cry so much when watching this movie! No one is alone! I cry whenever BB remembers his mom. I cried at the end when he remembered Ginger and Marylegs. I also cried whenever he left a good home and I BROKE APART when he had to leave Ginger in the market and in the paddock. When she didnt recognize him i almost died it was so sad. And when she died it was horrible.I cried when he collapsed and I cried when Joe found him at last. There are so many parts I'm crying now again!!
shareThe saddest bit for me is when Joe has taken Black Beauty and Ginger to that really grand place with the fussy woman and he tells Beauty he'll be with him again someday and Beauty says really softly, "Take me with you now." Beauty is so much like my horse and we might have to sell my horse and so I blub like mad if I think of my horse saying what Beauty is saying. Really pulls your heart strings this film does.
I didn't find the Ginger dying bit as sad as the Ginger and Beauty get split up bit and they didn't get to say goodbye and you hear Ginger whinneying as Beauty is led away. But yeh her death is upsetting.
"We don't get to choose the people in our lives. For us it's all chance."
God yeah I forgot about it. Now that I'm not alone I don't mind admitting that I pretty much cry from the beautiful music at the start to the "happy" ending...but I'd forgotten the bit where Joe leave him...that has to be one of the saddest parts.
There's someone in my head...but it's not me
Oh god I cried like a baby LMAO! I thought nearly every bit in it was sad like when Merrylegs was sold,the ending,when he was ill etc lol!
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Yeah and it calls him "That plucky little pony" aww and his voice is just so cute! Why is it more sad cos it's animals? It's not like we can relate to it more.
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Yeah I have to fight back tears during the sad parts of the movie. It's so nicely done and that music just makes it seem so much sadder. Danny Elfman always did know what he was doing.
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I first saw this movie at like 8 and yes I still cry. Its such an emotional filmand the beautiful score just makes you want to cry. Danny Elfman is the master of the 'moved-to-tears' score.
I cry when they leave Birtwick Park. I cry when Beauty hurts his knees. I cry when Jerry is left out in the snow. I cry when Ginger dies. I cry when he leaves Jerry. I cry when he calls out for Joe. I cry at the end titles when he remembers running in the field with Ginger and Merrylegs. It's sad but its just such a wonderful story. I just recently found it on DVD and that's rekindled my love of Beauty. I may make an effort to re-read the book now.
"...and you're spinning like a 45 ballerina, dancing to your rock n' roll..."
I think the film is really nice, a family favourite. My brother, who's 3, loves it and is always watching it. First time I watched it I cried at the end because it was quite happy. But I hated it that Black Beauty could never see Merrylegs or Ginger again because Ging was dead!! But that is just so sad, and so happy. But the bit were she dies is also really upsetting.
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I was 12 when I first saw this film at the cinema, and cried so much I sat in my seat at the end of the film trying to compose myself and dry my blotchy face enough to brave going out into the foyer, lol. Everyone else had left before I dared to get out of my seat.
The worst part (i think) is the very end when old beauty is sitting under the tree reminiscing about his time with ginger and merrylegs and you see the three of them cantering around the paddock. (I am filling up as I type this)
Anyone who isn't upset by this film has no soul, lol.
Also, the screenplay is very loyal to the book which is refreshing.
It is such a sad movie, i just watched it an i felt like i wanted to cry.
Why put the gun to your head, if your already dead?
The one scene that never ceases to make tears roll down my cheeks is when Beauty meets Ginger in the city, when they meet for the final time. He then has a dream about how things could have been. (by that time I'm already sniffing like mad) But the next day he sees her again, only now she's dead and he knows it's the final 'goodbye.'
(and that's when I start sobbing really really hard)
I think this film only fueled my love for horses. My favourite childhood film and that will never change.
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gosh i cry everytime i watch it.(6 times) that scene with ginger and beauty reuniting makes me water all the time and when he meets joe again
I really did just spend the last 20 mins crying. I'm 20 now. I haven't watched this movie in years, but I remember it making me cry even as a kid. The film is just so beautiful. Beauty as a character is also really well developed, you can't help sympathizing with him!
shareMy mum doesn't get that this is upsetting because it's animals, and she says you can't empathise with them. Now, I can see where she's coming from, but doesn't anyone else think that we have MORE sympathy for them because they are horses, and have to do what humans tell them?
There's someone in my head...but it's not me